31st Annual National Neurotrauma Society(NNS)Symposium

简介（由申请人提供）：国家神经创伤学会（NNS）年度研讨会是在创伤性脑损伤（TBI）和脊髓损伤（SCI）领域交流信息的主要论坛。本申请为参加第31届全国神经创伤学术研讨会的20名博士生和博士后提供资金支持，并为55名特邀演讲人提供部分旅费。会议将在田纳西州纳什维尔的盖洛德·奥普里兰酒店举行。NNS将与美国神经外科医师协会/神经外科医师大会创伤/重症监护联合分会共同主办会议。2013年会议将是该合作的第三年，这次合作非常成功，并通过吸引更多的神经外科和神经危重症临床医生参加会议，提高了会议的质量。联合部门的成员被包括在项目规划委员会中，以确保有足够的临床和转化基础科学主题。该计划的亮点包括神经创伤的联合治疗；脑脊髓合并损伤；轻度TBI更新，包括轻度TBI和创伤后头痛的新治疗策略；治疗试验的SCI更新；穿透性脑损伤的治疗进展线粒体和小胶质细胞在急性神经损伤中的作用。将有一个特别的会议由妇女在神经创伤（WiNTR）组织主办的早期职业调查员。这次会议是WiNTR非常成功的活动的演变，不仅指导女性，而且指导所有早期职业研究人员。为了使其他重要学科也能参加会议，我们还将

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Neurotrauma Society (NNS) annual symposium is the primary forum for exchanging information in the fields of both traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI). This application seeks funding support for 20 pre- and post-doctoral trainees to attend the 31st National Neurotrauma Symposium and partial support for the travel of 55 invited speakers. The meeting will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. NNS will co-host the meeting with the Joint Section on Trauma/Critical Care of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The 2013 meeting will be the third year for this collaboration, which has been very successful, and has enhanced the meeting by attracting more neurosurgery and neurocritical care clinicians to the meeting. Members of the Joint Section were included in the program planning committee to be certain that there was sufficient mix of clinical and translational basic science topics. Highlights of the program include sessions on combination therapy for neurotrauma; combined brain and spinal cord injuries; mild TBI updates including new treatment strategies for mild TBI and post-trauma headaches; SCI updates on treatment trials; an update on the management of penetrating brain injury; and the role of mitochondria and the role of microglia in acute neurotrauma. There will be a special session hosted by the Women in Neurotrauma (WiNTR) organization for early career investigators. This session is an evolution of WiNTR very successful activities to not only mentor women but also all early career investigators. In an attempt to involve other important disciplines in the meeting, there will also be a session on the role of pharmacists in neurotrauma research. There will also be a session on harmonizing preclinical TBI/SCI research and a roundtable discussion of issues related to translation of neuroprotective strategies from the laboratory to clinical trials.